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Deep Cuts: Porn Songs
Are there still porn stars? I don’t mean people who do the dirty dog on film—let’s face it, that’s half the population at this point—but stars? I really don’t know, but I assume not. What would be the point when real stars and C-List celebrities pop up in one sex tape or another every other…
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183. Or Are You Really Scheming To Take My Ship Away?
Tony and I rolled up to Griffith Park in the late afternoon and found the little pop up village that marks a movie set. This one was a little different, though: No Star Waggons, no craft service or catering trucks, no Teamster drivers sitting on their folding chairs, watching everybody else work. An actress pulled…
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From The Stacks: The Members-Going West (Dub Version)
First wave punk rockers The Members wrapped up the first iteration of their career with 1982’s Uprhythm Downbeat, which was released in the UK the following year as Going West. Whatever you call it, the album sported two of the band’s biggest hits: “Working Girl” (a US hit) and “Radio” (an Australian hit). Both are…
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This Week on Paste: Wells Banana Bread Beer
You like beer. You like banana bread. Will you like banana bread beer? Well, there’s really only two ways to find out: 1) Try it. 2) Read my review of Wells Banana Bread Beer. Bottoms up!.
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From The Stacks: Judas Priest-Rocka Rolla
This is Judas Priest’s 1974 debut album, when they still had kind of a hippie/prog rock thing going on. It isn’t a particularly good album, but it isn’t bad. Rocka Rolla is a must for completists and an interesting record of a band trying to find their sound. Check out the title cut and you’ll…
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In SF on 7/27/14? Check Out Love City Music Fest
So you’re in San Francisco this Sunday and you want to check out the local music and arts scene. I like the way you think, and I’ve got just the thing for you: The Love City Music Festival. Here’s how Kai Straw describes the event:
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Throw Beck Thursday: The Downside of Insecurity
Do you think everything you read applies to you? You might have an insecurity monkey on your back. — So, you’re thinking about trying insecurity for the first time. That’s perfectly normal, age appropriate behavior. A lot of kids experiment with insecurity and grow up to be fine, productive, upstanding citizens. But listen: As fun…
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Deep Cuts: Soda Songs
“Wow, that’s a lot of Coke” turned out to be an ad for Little Caesar’s Pizza. In the finished commercial a nerdy dude holding a large tub of soda sits down and his chair collapses. What does he say? You guessed it: “Cheap fucking piece of shit IKEA chair!” No, of course he says, “Wow,…
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182. Thanksgiving
Jody and I had only been in Los Angeles for two months when Thanksgiving rolled around. We still couldn’t afford to turn on the gas in our apartment, so cooking anything that didn’t fit in a toaster oven was out. We didn’t know anyone other than our coworkers, and they were just as broke as…
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The Polyphonic Spree, Sacramento 7/18/14
It took Tim DeLaughter 14 years to bring his Polyphonic Spree to Sacramento, but it was worth the wait.
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